Oil & gas wells in Morton County, KS
3,534 catalogued wells in Morton County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Morton County, Kansas has 3,534 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,500 active (42%), 1,534 plugged & abandoned (43%) and 9 documented orphans. It ranks 40th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,534
Active
1,500
Plugged
1,534
Documented orphans
9
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Morton County?
42% of Morton County's wells are active, 21 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 43% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 314 wells (9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 9 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 177 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Morton County?
By product class, 359 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 1,682 (48%) gas wells and 548 (16%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Morton County well is 7,395 ft, against 11,300 ft for Kansas as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Morton County compare with other Kansas counties?
Morton County has the 40th-most catalogued wells of the 104 Kansas counties with at least 25. The median Kansas county on WellCensus has 2,220 wells. The largest, Montgomery County, has 21,956. By documented orphans it ranks 50th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Morton County?
187 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Morton County. 76% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Morton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addington A 1 | 15-129-10596 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Williams M 1-H | 15-129-21407 | Active | Gas | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Rectifier 3 | 15-129-21608 | Shut-in | Other type | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Tucker 'C' 1-20 | 15-129-10567 | Active | Gas | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Glenn 1-214 | 15-129-21614 | Active | Gas | Pioneer Oil Company, Inc. |
| Lemon 1-827 | 15-129-21615 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pioneer Oil Company, Inc. |
| Central Life 'D' 1 | 15-129-21618 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | OXY USA Inc. |
| Central Life 'C' 1 | 15-129-21619 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | OXY USA Inc. |
| Witcher 1-30 | 15-129-21620 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harris Oil & Gas Company |
| Jackson 2-14 | 15-129-21622 | Active | Gas | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Farris 'A' 1 | 15-129-21616 | Active | Gas | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Pentecostal 1-26 | 15-129-21628 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | High Plains Production, LLC |
| Morton County Commission 'B' 3 | 15-129-21626 | Shut-in | Gas | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Barker B 3 | 15-129-21625 | Active | Oil | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Morgan 2 | 15-129-21631 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Webster 'C' 5 | 15-129-21645 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
| Johns 2-524 | 15-129-21621 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harris Oil & Gas Company |
| Gerber 'B' 4 | 15-129-21650 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
| Barker B 4 | 15-129-21649 | Active | Gas | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Stanford 'C' 1 | 15-129-21655 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | OXY USA Inc. |
| Engleman 'B' 1 | 15-129-21656 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | OXY USA Inc. |
| HJV Cornell University 'C' 1 | 15-129-21659 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
| Smith 1-35 | 15-129-10148 | Active | Gas | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Blout 2-5 | 15-129-21664 | Shut-in | Oil | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Williams Trust 1-5 | 15-129-21665 | Active | Oil | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,534 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Morton County, KS?
Morton County, Kansas has 3,534 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,500 active, 1,534 plugged and 9 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Morton County?
9 wells in Morton County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 50th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Morton County are plugged?
1,534 of Morton County's 3,534 catalogued wells (43%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 55% across Kansas.
Which Kansas county has the most oil and gas wells?
Montgomery County has the most catalogued wells of any Kansas county on WellCensus (21,956); Morton County ranks 40th with 3,534.
How many companies operate wells in Morton County?
187 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Morton County, Kansas.
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About this data
Source: Kansas Geological Survey well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Morton County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/morton (data as of October 10, 2026).